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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Lean & Agile Project Management: Workshop in Manchester, UK on 14th July 2008
An important workshop has been announced by the Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment at the University of Salford in Manchester, England. According to the flyer received by PMForum, "research has shown that lean and agile project management has yielded significant benefits, particularly within the information systems industry over the last five to ten years. However, take up has not been universal and there are significant barriers to change in certain sectors - for instance, in construction."
This workshop will seek to address some of those issues and will also illustrate some of the successes achieved to date. The breakout sessions will provide opportunities for exploring the opportunities for change in your own industry.
Organiser and Chair for the day will be Bob Owen (pictured), Senior Research Fellow in the Salford Centre for Research and Innovation with a great interest in lean and agile project management. Bob also has Committee roles with the UK’s leading Association for Project Management – the APM are co-hosts for the event.
Keynote speaker will be the incredibly successful Chief Executive of Manchester City Council, Sir Howard Bernstein who will, on past performance, be very open to questioning on his approach to strategic change within our dynamic city.
Will Lichtig, Shareholder and Special Counsel for McDonough Holland & Allen (CA), will also speak on his development of a new collaborative relational contracting model (Integrated Forms of Agreement) which facilitates distributed project leadership and decision making, while preserving rights for the owner to direct the process and redress failures of the team. His work is making real change and he has been recognised by Engineering News Record as one of the top newsmakers of 2007.
Speaker to be confirmed: Laing O’Rourke (UK) have made determined strides towards intelligent and lean production and project management; integrating their supply chain and using strategic procurement in order to reduce waste and improve value delivery.
Speaker to be confirmed: Supply Chain 21 (UK) is designed as a change management programme to maintain and increase the competitiveness of one of the UK's last remaining oases of manufacturing success – the consolidation of a supply chain improvement programme is seen as critical to the long-term future of the industry. Relationships and partnerships are seen as vital to this effort.
Nick Nickolaison, CIO and Director of Strategic Planning at Headwaters, Inc. (UT) will illustrate his talk with a case study to show that it is possible to improve project quality – without changing project scope – while decreasing both project time and cost. The Purpose Alignment Model can be used to improve the multitude of project decisions which occur. Nick has focused on improving organizational and IT agility, process simplification and the passionate application of lean concepts, and is a very popular speaker.
Hal Macomber (MA) started his Reforming Project Management blog six years ago and it is now one of the ‘must read’ blogs on the subjects of lean and agile project management, and much more. Hal is a partner in Lean Project Consulting, Inc. From the work of Flores, Goldratt, and Ohno/Shingo, Hal is setting out to bring about a transformation in how projects are led and delivered. The bulk of today's improving efforts are spent on doing a better job applying the same old techniques – in conjunction with the Lean Construction Institute, Hal has set out to change that.
Eric Dean founded and is Chief Executive of Panaloc (UK), a seamless manufacturing company at the very leading edge of lean manufacture and construction. This leading edge includes sustainability and a drive towards zero waste, the re-use of the dormant ship canal for supply and delivery, and remote off-site manufacture. Eric is achieving things in construction that others merely talk about.
Participants will also have an opportunity to tour the Panaloc factory at the end of the day, though numbers will be limited, so reservation is essential.
Further details are available at: http://scri1.scri.salford.ac.uk/iglc2008/industryDay
This workshop will seek to address some of those issues and will also illustrate some of the successes achieved to date. The breakout sessions will provide opportunities for exploring the opportunities for change in your own industry.
Keynote speaker will be the incredibly successful Chief Executive of Manchester City Council, Sir Howard Bernstein who will, on past performance, be very open to questioning on his approach to strategic change within our dynamic city.
Will Lichtig, Shareholder and Special Counsel for McDonough Holland & Allen (CA), will also speak on his development of a new collaborative relational contracting model (Integrated Forms of Agreement) which facilitates distributed project leadership and decision making, while preserving rights for the owner to direct the process and redress failures of the team. His work is making real change and he has been recognised by Engineering News Record as one of the top newsmakers of 2007.
Speaker to be confirmed: Laing O’Rourke (UK) have made determined strides towards intelligent and lean production and project management; integrating their supply chain and using strategic procurement in order to reduce waste and improve value delivery.
Speaker to be confirmed: Supply Chain 21 (UK) is designed as a change management programme to maintain and increase the competitiveness of one of the UK's last remaining oases of manufacturing success – the consolidation of a supply chain improvement programme is seen as critical to the long-term future of the industry. Relationships and partnerships are seen as vital to this effort.
Nick Nickolaison, CIO and Director of Strategic Planning at Headwaters, Inc. (UT) will illustrate his talk with a case study to show that it is possible to improve project quality – without changing project scope – while decreasing both project time and cost. The Purpose Alignment Model can be used to improve the multitude of project decisions which occur. Nick has focused on improving organizational and IT agility, process simplification and the passionate application of lean concepts, and is a very popular speaker.
Hal Macomber (MA) started his Reforming Project Management blog six years ago and it is now one of the ‘must read’ blogs on the subjects of lean and agile project management, and much more. Hal is a partner in Lean Project Consulting, Inc. From the work of Flores, Goldratt, and Ohno/Shingo, Hal is setting out to bring about a transformation in how projects are led and delivered. The bulk of today's improving efforts are spent on doing a better job applying the same old techniques – in conjunction with the Lean Construction Institute, Hal has set out to change that.
Participants will also have an opportunity to tour the Panaloc factory at the end of the day, though numbers will be limited, so reservation is essential.
Further details are available at: http://scri1.scri.salford.ac.uk/iglc2008/industryDay
